[National Museum of Art, Osaka] “Collection 1 Her Portrait” will be held from Saturday, November 2, 2024 to Sunday, January 26, 2025 *Agency for Cultural Affairs*
Press release: September 18, 2024
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[National Museum of Art, Osaka] “Collection 1 Her Portrait” will be held from Saturday, November 2, 2024 to Sunday, January 26, 2025 *Focusing on works featuring women, deciphering the collection through keywords such as media, family, labor, and nation*
This exhibition focuses on works featuring women from the National Museum of Art, Osaka’s collection, and each chapter introduces a different theme. Focusing on what contemporary artists are entrusting to their portraits of “she” as individuals with individuality and history, rather than symbolic images of women, and what kind of society, history, and relationships are represented. I will.
*Highlights of this exhibition*
* Reconsidering the collection of the National Museum of Art, Osaka from the perspective of “female images” *
This exhibition is the first collection exhibition at the National Museum of Art, Osaka to focus on the image of women. Of the
approximately 8,000 works in our collection, approximately 500 feature women. This time, we would like to introduce about 100 works with a variety of themes and expressions, rather than works that belong to the category of idealized imaginary female images, so-called “nudes” or “beauty paintings.”
By paying attention to the presence of women who appear in works, not only the personal histories of the writers and women, but also the various social backgrounds and difficulties surrounding women will come to light. While keeping in mind the perspective of gender, we will attempt to reexamine the collection from new angles through keywords such as media, family, labor, and nation.
* First exhibition of new collections by female artists such as Leonor Antunes * Leonor Antunes《Housewife and her domain》2021-2022 [Reference image] International art festival “Aichi 2022” installation view (C) International Art Festival “Aichi” Organizing Committee Photo: ToLoLo studio
Last year, our museum acquired works by Leonor Antunes (1972-), a Portuguese native who is currently active internationally. Antunes’ work is a sculptural installation inspired by the activities of Michiko Yamawaki (1910-2000) and Charlotte Perriand (1903-1999), two female designers who were active in the mid-20th century and traveled between Japan and Europe. . Some of the works were also exhibited at the international art festival “Aichi 2022″.
In addition to newly acquired works, including new works by Antunes, this exhibition will also feature the early representative works of Natsumeko Tanihara (1989-), a young painter active in the Kansai region, as well as works selected for this year’s VOCA exhibition (Ueno Royal Museum) and winner of the Encouragement Award. We would like to introduce works by female artists that were newly acquired last year, including photographs by award-winning Mari Katayama (1987-).
Exhibition of masterpieces by Saori Akutagawa (Masoko), who celebrates her 100th birthday this year.
Saori Akutagawa (Masokoro) (1924-1966) attracted attention in the 1950s for her series of unconventional portraits of women. This year, which marks the 100th anniversary of Akutagawa’s birth, the project “Museum
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“Museums” (organized by the Akutagawa (Madokoro) Saori Archive Executive Committee), works by Akutagawa (Madokoro) from the collections of each museum are on display at 10 museums in Japan. Our museum is also participating in this project, and this exhibition will feature Akutagawa (Masokoro)’s Roketsu-dyed masterpiece “From the Myth of the Birth of the Gods”.
Saori Akutagawa (From the Myth of the Birth of the Gods) 1956
Chapter structure
Chapter 1: Deconstruction and deviation of the image of women Introducing works that vividly deconstruct and deviate from
conventional images of women. An experimental painting by Miran Fukuda (1963-) that has been disassembled into 12 fragments, a painting by Shinji Ogawa (1959-) that depicts a scene without the characters in a famous painting, and a 3D scan by Karin Zander (1957-). We will exhibit works that expand the possibilities of expression, such as sculptures used.
Exhibiting artists: Miran Fukuda, Michael Borremans, Shinji Ogawa, Karin Zander, Saori Akutagawa (Masho)
Miran Fukuda《Woman with a letter》1991
Chapter 2: Proliferating actresses
Two movie stars who appeared in the mid-20th century, Marilyn Monroe (1926-1962) and Brigitte Bardot (1934-), became popular as sex symbols across the country and were featured in many media outlets. Ta. They often serve as motifs in works of art.
Silkscreen works by Andy Warhol (1928-1987) created after Monroe’s death, works by Sophie Calle (1953-) that disturb reality and fiction, and works by Astrid Klein (1951-) depicting women’s We will be introducing a variety of works featuring the two actresses, including collage works that offer a sense of criticism against the media that abuses physical appearance.
Exhibiting artists: Andy Warhol, Shinjiro Okamoto, Shigeo
Anzai/Etsutomu Kashihara, Sophie Calle, Daan van Golden, Astrid Klein
Chapter 3 Family portrait
Through works depicting family images and family members such as mothers, wives, and daughters, we will introduce works that make us imagine different ways of family and the unique relationships between individuals.
Paintings by Sunny Kim (1969-) use old photographs of her mother to depict portraits of female students in school uniforms as personal histories that might have been possible. We will be introducing pencil drawings by Susumu Kinoshita (1947-), which are meticulously drawn to the smallest detail.
Exhibiting artists: Tetsuya Noda, Noriyuki Konishi, Sunny Kim, Seiko Kubota, Marlene Dumas, Daan van Golden, David Hockney, Susumu Kinoshita, Shusaku Arakawa
Susumu Kinoshita《Statue》1987
Chapter 4 Labor and Mobility
Introducing works that capture women working inside and outside the home, as well as women on the move. Photographs by Takashi Miyamoto (1947-) depicting the Kowloon Walled City, which once existed in Hong Kong and was known as a den of slums and illegal business, and the women who lived a modest life within it, as well as photographs from Taiwan. The exhibition will feature video works by Zhao Chiaen (1976-), in which immigrants, who work mainly as care workers in the country, talk about their dreams.
Exhibiting artists: Louis W. Hine, Tsuyoshi Ozawa, Takashi Miyamoto, Chiaen Zhao Takashi Miyamoto “Kowloon Walled City” 1987/2005
Chapter 5 Individuals and States
Introducing works that capture the figures and traces of women who live next to the borders drawn by the nation. Photographs by Miyako Ishiuchi (1947-), whose memories of growing up in postwar Yokosuka overlap with the collective memories of women who worked in the base town, and Mao Ishikawa (1953), who was born and raised in postwar Okinawa. -) and Chikako Yamashiro (1976-), as well as giant
photographs by Andreas Gursky (1955-) that capture both the national spectacle and the individuals who make it up.
Exhibiting artists: Miyako Ishiuchi, Andreas Gursky, Mao Ishikawa, Chikako Yamashiro
Miyako Ishiuchi 《YOKOSUKA AGAIN #17》 1988/98
Chapter 6 From recent collections: portraits of artists
Installations by Leonor Antunes (1972-) were inspired by the activities of female designers active in the mid-20th century (Michiko Yamawaki and Charlotte Perriand), as well as works by young designers such as Natsumi Tanihara (1989-) and Mari Katayama (1987-).
Introducing recently acquired works by female artists, including works in which the artists themselves appear.
Exhibiting artists: Natsumi Tanihara, Mari Katayama, Teresa
Hubbard/Alexander Birchler, Leonor Antunes
Natsumi Tanihara《SADO》2015
* Exhibiting artist * (*Subject to change)
Miran Fukuda, Michael Borremans, Shinji Ogawa, Karin Zander, Saori Akutagawa (Masho), Andy Warhol, Studio 65, Shinjiro Okamoto, Shigeo Anzai, Etsutomu Kashihara, Sophie Calle, Daan van Golden, Astrid Klein, Tetsuya Noda, Noriyuki Konishi, Marlene Dumas, Sunny Kim, Seiko Kubota, David Hockney, Susumu Kinoshita, Shusaku Arakawa, Louis W. Hine, Takashi Miyamoto, Tsuyoshi Ozawa, Chia-en Zhao ), Miyako Ishiuchi, Andreas Gursky, Mao Ishikawa, Chikako Yamashiro, Teresa Hubbard/Alexander Birchler, Mari Katayama, Natsuki Tanihara, Leonor Antunes, Jiro Takamatsu, Yoshihiro Suda, Alexander Calder, Joan Miro, Marino Marini, Mark Manders, Henry Moore
Related events
gallery talk
Date | Sunday, November 24, 2024
Event time｜14:00-
Participation fee: Free to attend (admission ticket required), first 60 participants (wireless receivers will be available for listening at the B2 venue entrance starting 30 minutes before the start)
Event overview
Exhibition name｜Collection 1 Her Portrait
Dates｜Saturday, November 2, 2024 – Sunday, January 26, 2025
Venue: National Museum of Art, Osaka, 2nd basement floor exhibition room (4-2-55 Nakanoshima, Kita-ku, Osaka 530-0005)
Opening hours: 10:00 – 17:00, until 20:00 on Fridays and Saturdays *Last admission 30 minutes before closing
Closed: Mondays (open on November 4th and January 13th, closed on November 5th and January 14th), New Year holidays (December 28th to January 4th)
Sponsored by: National Museum of Art, Osaka
Sponsored by: Daikin Industries Contemporary Art Foundation
Planning｜Ayako Takemoto (Temporary Researcher at the National Museum)
Admission fee: General 430 yen (220 yen), University students 130 yen (70 yen) Prices in parentheses are for groups of 20 or more people.
Free for high school students and under, under 18 years old, and over 65 years old (proof required)
Free for people with physical and mental disabilities and one accompanying person (proof required)
Night discount rate (applicable hours: Friday and Saturday 17:00 – 20:00) General: 250 yen, University students: 70 yen
This exhibition can be viewed with a ticket to the special exhibition “Possibilities of Line Expression” held at the same time.
Free viewing days: November 2nd (Saturday), November 3rd
(Sunday/Holiday), November 16th (Saturday), November 17th (Sunday), December 7th (Saturday), January 11th (soil)